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condensation

[kon-den-say-shuhn, -duhn-] / ˌkɒn dɛnˈseɪ ʃən, -dən- /




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He raised concerns about the "potential impact on high-value medical imaging equipment" and the "possibility of condensation forming within ventilation systems".

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Just the sight of the glasses, dewy with condensation on the outside and filled to the rim with clinking ice, nearly chilled my body.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

I prefer parchment paper for the first layer, which allows the bread to breathe and avoids recreating the clammy condensation routine of the airport sandwich.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Streetcars delivered residents to their errands across the city, windows fogged with condensation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

She climbed into bed in her street clothes, opened the curtains, and wiped the condensation off the window.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

“Incompleteness, displacements, condensations, multiplicity of characters, unexpected returns, details that have no apparent explanation and even a lack of relevant details will be our traveling companions,” Ribeiro writes, preparing us for the journey.

From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2021

Heart-catching condensations of pure grief, they feel spookily in tune with images we’ve been seeing all over the world this year.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2020

Many of the features newly seen in Cassini data indicated the presence of condensations or small moons only a few tens of meters across imbedded in the rings.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

The first condensations of matter were about the mass of a large star cluster or a small galaxy.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

A very small initial nonuniformity suffices to produce substantial condensations of matter later on.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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